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WICKEN v. MORRIS

Nos. C9-93-1048, C7-93-1159.

510 N.W.2d 246 (1994)

Joyce Marie WICKEN, as Trustee for the Next-of-Kin of Donald Leroy Wicken, Respondent, Eleanor Jarvi, as Trustee for the Next-of-Kin of Wiljo Alvar Jarvi, Respondent, v. Winston MORRIS, Defendant, Ronald Fields, Defendant (C9-93-1048), Appellant (C7-93-1159), Nitrochem, Inc., a foreign corp., Appellant (C9-93-1048), Respondent (C7-93-1159).

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Granted March 15, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Terhaar, Thomas F. Ascher, Cosgrove, Flynn, Gaskins & O'Connor, Minneapolis, for Ronald Fields, defendant (C9-93-1048), appellant (C7-93-1159).

Allen W. Hinderaker, David H. Wright, Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., Minneapolis, for Nitrochem, Inc., appellant (C9-93-1048), respondent (C7-93-1159).

Edward J. Matonich, David A. Arndt, Matonich & Persson, Chartered, Hibbing, for Joyce Marie Wicken, etc.

Thomas R. Thibodeau, Mark A. Fredrickson, Johnson, Killen, Thibodeau & Seiler, Duluth, for Eleanor Jarvi, etc.

Considered and decided by LANSING, P.J. and PARKER and NORTON, JJ.

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

A 1989 explosion at a Nitrochem Energy Corporation plant in Biwabik, Minnesota caused the deaths of two employees. The decedents' wives brought a products liability action against Nitrochem and a negligence action against Ronald Fields, the manager of the Biwabik plant. The district court denied Fields' motion for summary judgment and Nitrochem's motion to dismiss for lack of personal...

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